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title: Speed The Victory - Buy Victory Bonds
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-speed-the-victory-buy-victory-bonds-1939/
description: A long red and blue banner shows a winged 'V' shield between the words 'Speed the Victory' and 'Buy Victory Bonds'.
section: Collection
---

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[![Speed The Victory - Buy Victory Bonds, 1939 Canada poster: A long red and blue banner shows a winged 'V' shield between](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-speed-the-victory-buy-victory-bonds-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-speed-the-victory-buy-victory-bonds-1939.jpg)

# Speed The Victory - Buy Victory Bonds

A long red and blue banner shows a winged 'V' shield between the words 'Speed the Victory' and 'Buy Victory Bonds'. The tell is the abstract slogan and winged-V emblem, which carry the appeal with no concrete claim about what the bonds fund.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
SPEED THE VICTORY
Buy VICTORY BONDS
```

[← Sorry, Canada Got It First! Buy Victory Bonds](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-sorry-canada-got-it-first-victory-bonds-1939/) [Step By Step To Victory - Buy Victory Bonds →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-step-by-step-to-victory-buy-victory-bonds-1939/)

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